But he did notice some "well-groomed, spiffy-looking Japanese businessmen along the protest route Tuesday. "No one seemed to know who they were. So, I went over to one of them. He had a small yellow flower or lapel pin on a nice Italian suit. In Japanese, he explained to me that he was a plainclothes policeman there to make sure no one attacked the protesters. They were the best dressed plainclothes policemen I've ever seen in Japan," says Chris, and he's lived there off and on for 20 years.

The index relies on some of the following criteria: Lifetime risk of maternal mortality, percentage of women using modern contraception, skilled attendant at delivery, expected number of years of formal schooling for females, maternity leave benefits, and ratio of girls to boys enrolled in primary school.